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Chapter X
"That Mrs. Tod is an extraordinary woman. I repeat it--a most extraordinary woman." And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes. "Wherefore, David?" "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.”
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading “"Wherefore, David?"”
but in spite of that
From this reading “"She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I repeat it--a most extraordinary woman."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "That Mrs. Tod is an extraordinary woman.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
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From this reading "Wherefore, David?"
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "That Mrs. Tod is an extraordinary woman.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I repeat it--a most extraordinary woman."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That Mrs. Tod is an extraordinary woman.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I repeat it--a most extraordinary woman."
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading I repeat it--a most extraordinary woman."
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From this reading "That Mrs. Tod is an extraordinary woman.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
above and across; more than
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading I repeat it--a most extraordinary woman."
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
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From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That Mrs. Tod is an extraordinary woman.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "That Mrs. Tod is an extraordinary woman.
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading "Wherefore, David?"
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And leaning his elbows on the table, from which the said extraordinary woman had just removed breakfast, John looked over to me with his own merry brown eyes.
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From this reading "That Mrs. Tod is an extraordinary woman.
but in spite of that
From this reading "She has a house full of children, yet manages to keep it quiet and her own temper likewise.
